Nice video, gunny.
Relative to yours, I drilled mine just about halfway in between your two (pin in ring finger) and mine acts not as flippy as drilling #2 nor as arc-y as your drilling #1. Still has a surprisingly strong backend.

With the stock surface, mine was susceptible to carrydown and very sensitive to it.
Been playing with the surface but nothing seems to work as well as the stock one or very slight change (1500 grit + polish).

2000 grit should remove any sensitivity to carrydown.
Good luck in the tourneys.

My friend just LOVED his Epicenter. He's looking forward to the remake. Any idea how soon that is to happening? I heard about it almost a month ago but have seen nothing since.